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mostly at that point in the energy sector but there was a concern that if the arab nation or a company with ties to the government wants to buy american oil company does and that potentially have national security indications of the control our energy supply. it was set up in the 70s in the industrial age, if you will, much unlike what we have today. in those days it was pretty clear. company a was to buy company be in the united states and maybe the committee on foreign investment should look at that and see are there potential concerns there. fast forward to today and the information age it's a whole lot more completed. it's a foreign company or investor wants to get her hands on, if not the company itself, some of the technology within it so what we looked up was how this committee is not well-equipped to deal with some of these much more sophisticated protections that also involve often not steel, not gas but information. an example is a chinese company last year wanted to buy money gram which is this money transfer company in the united states. not unlike western union. normally y
mostly at that point in the energy sector but there was a concern that if the arab nation or a company with ties to the government wants to buy american oil company does and that potentially have national security indications of the control our energy supply. it was set up in the 70s in the industrial age, if you will, much unlike what we have today. in those days it was pretty clear. company a was to buy company be in the united states and maybe the committee on foreign investment should look...
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for the energy department for the pentagon in space technology for nasa or they ordered tools for the military go back to those 5% getting government support. >> that was one part of the project that essentially the u.s. government was giving out contracts to technology companies that had chinese money behind them were told that would raise significant concerns we didn't necessarily find a smoking gun but we did find there were companies that had had u.s. government contract even if not necessarily a the time that there is some cross pollination talking to cybersecurity experts they say something that is something the chinese government would want to do they have an investment to know what the united states is in investing in and contracting out because these companies will be the powers of the military and the government in ten or 15 years from now if china can get a jumpstart and know what the u.s. is thinking that gives them an edge and according to some officials they thinks on -- think that could cost lives down the line and as you can see we didn't necessarily find a robust exam
for the energy department for the pentagon in space technology for nasa or they ordered tools for the military go back to those 5% getting government support. >> that was one part of the project that essentially the u.s. government was giving out contracts to technology companies that had chinese money behind them were told that would raise significant concerns we didn't necessarily find a smoking gun but we did find there were companies that had had u.s. government contract even if not...
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researching the space-based missile intercept we have had some tremendoutremendous progreh directed energy and neutron particle beams with those kind of technological advanced projects i don't see why we woulwewould tell them to explore possibility we would love to have a space-based defensive capability like this. so i would ask that we adopt this amendment and restore what we do two years ago. in the spirit of being helpful to our colleagues, two of my colleagues voted for this two years ago it would ask for the support of the amendment and that we both restore i would like to speak in opposition to the amendment. for the members of the committee, the technology we are talking about here is called natural particle and it was pretty thoroughly explored in the 1990s and largely abandoned. by now it happens to have one or two advocates and the pentagon, and i hope like the gentleman from colorado does that all technology works, but some are more likely to work than others. i apologize because the amendment is awkwardly worded in talking about the development of space-based ballistic is real
researching the space-based missile intercept we have had some tremendoutremendous progreh directed energy and neutron particle beams with those kind of technological advanced projects i don't see why we woulwewould tell them to explore possibility we would love to have a space-based defensive capability like this. so i would ask that we adopt this amendment and restore what we do two years ago. in the spirit of being helpful to our colleagues, two of my colleagues voted for this two years ago...
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we unleashed american energy and became a net exporter of energy for the first time in 70 years. we secured our southern border and reduce illegal immigration by 90%. [applause] and we appointed more than 300 conservatives to our federal courts at every level included justice neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. that conservative majority gave america a new beginning and -- in the right to life in the last six months. [applause] to me, it was a privilege to be a part of it and i also appreciate the fact when something else i have tried to capture in "so help me god" was the hailstorm of opposition we faced from day one. i tell a story in the book about how i was with president trump on inauguration day in 2017 and we were at the oval office, just the two of us were there and we started walking back to the white house down the portico. and the bright lights were on the side wall, it was well lit. president trump looked at me and said, look at this. i said, it is humbling. he turned and looked at me and said, that's right it's humbling. [laughter] but as we walked i
we unleashed american energy and became a net exporter of energy for the first time in 70 years. we secured our southern border and reduce illegal immigration by 90%. [applause] and we appointed more than 300 conservatives to our federal courts at every level included justice neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. that conservative majority gave america a new beginning and -- in the right to life in the last six months. [applause] to me, it was a privilege to be a part of it and i...
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use to make sure that we are economically feasible into the future, that we are efficient in a use of energy. it enables our society i think to be far more productive than our 20th century industrial age. we were looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected. and what our smart cities caucus does is it looks at four different areas of how communities are connected. one is connectivity. the other principle being sustainability. the other being mobility, and in the workforce. and how all of those components work together to make sure that in the 21st century our civil society is given the opportunity to really reach its full potential, utilizing the technological advantages -- advances we've had in this age. >> host: you refer to it as the utility. do you see as a utility like plumbing and electricity and streets and things like that? >> guest: it something we used but it's more of an infrastructure, right? i think for many we look at particularly communities that are already wired, broadband has been deployed, ways in which we can maximize on that infrastruct
use to make sure that we are economically feasible into the future, that we are efficient in a use of energy. it enables our society i think to be far more productive than our 20th century industrial age. we were looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected. and what our smart cities caucus does is it looks at four different areas of how communities are connected. one is connectivity. the other principle being sustainability. the other being mobility, and in...
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. >> representative beth clark is a democrat from new york and she is vice chair of the energy and commerce committee and she is also cochair of the smart cities caucus and is our guest this week on "the communicators". congresswoman clark, thank you for being here. >> great to be with you. >> i want to start with that smart cities caucus, what is it and how do you envision smart city? >> we decided to establish a bipartisan smart city -- we knew that already technology is a major part of our lives. it's a utility we can use to make sure that we are economically feasible going into the future and that we are deficient in our use of energy and it enables our society to be far more productive than our 20th century industrial age so we are looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected and what are smart cities caucus does is it looks at four different areas of how communities are connected. one is connectivity and the other principal being sustainability and the other being mobility and then the workforce. how all of those components work together to make sure
. >> representative beth clark is a democrat from new york and she is vice chair of the energy and commerce committee and she is also cochair of the smart cities caucus and is our guest this week on "the communicators". congresswoman clark, thank you for being here. >> great to be with you. >> i want to start with that smart cities caucus, what is it and how do you envision smart city? >> we decided to establish a bipartisan smart city -- we knew that already...
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those forms of energy are not powerful enough to damage ourselves. ionizing radiation and x-ray machine definitely is capable of harming ourselves and that is what we have to be careful about. >> host: flying an airplane. guests are sure, if you go high enough, you are going to be exposed to cosmic rays coming through the atmosphere from outer space. there's actually guidelines for pilot and air crews concerning how many hours they can spend a year at certain altitudes. that is conventional concern in the commercial aviation business. >> host: okay, you have written this guide to radiation. is there something that concerns you? >> guest: sure. it worried me enough after the fukushima catastrophe to start writing this book. what surprised me about media coverage of fukushima with some of the same steaks made in the media at the time way back in 1979, communicating the nature -- the kinds of exposure that were possible from a reactor meltdown. the same mistakes are repeated and i thought it was time at least for a handbook that fellow journalists could
those forms of energy are not powerful enough to damage ourselves. ionizing radiation and x-ray machine definitely is capable of harming ourselves and that is what we have to be careful about. >> host: flying an airplane. guests are sure, if you go high enough, you are going to be exposed to cosmic rays coming through the atmosphere from outer space. there's actually guidelines for pilot and air crews concerning how many hours they can spend a year at certain altitudes. that is...
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. >> i oversaw installations and environment and energy policy. so as my duties there to oversee the basis the implication of climate change was one of the issues we had to deal with. i had responsibility within thatnt context. we did some planning, strategy, we started guidance onther how one would deal with it flooding, natural resources, that sort of thing. >>host: so what do you think given your experiences the most pressingha issue of climate change for national security? . >> if i had to put it into a couple of categories, the dod how it does its job today the flooding issues and the personal impacts in the extreme weather impacts. acright now the largest impact we have seen from climate change are when you get stronger hurricanes or abnormal weather in a way it takes the base off-line for a number of days that has readiness and cost implications. >>host: give us an example. >> last fall hurricane michael struck kendall air force base in the panhandle of florida. and incredibly strong hurricane. and essentiallyy flattened the base that is an
. >> i oversaw installations and environment and energy policy. so as my duties there to oversee the basis the implication of climate change was one of the issues we had to deal with. i had responsibility within thatnt context. we did some planning, strategy, we started guidance onther how one would deal with it flooding, natural resources, that sort of thing. >>host: so what do you think given your experiences the most pressingha issue of climate change for national security? ....
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a directed energy weapon which can be used against a variety of threats. i believe that it has turned a corner and is one of the keys to our asymmetrical advantage using technology i'm not sure the other branches are as up-to-date on this. anyone other anyone other than the navy leaning forward and directed energy. mortars, rockets, great application. we are into that. for us it is about getting as small enough and having enough directed energy to meet our needs which is absolutely essential. >> we have a program. i cannot quote you the dollar figure. i was just out of kirkland air force base in new mexico doing work out there with lasers and directed energy. furthermore testing and aircraft defense system which would have lasers involved and laser communication system. we have quite an active program as well. >> they are doing wonderful work. may not as seriously as we have to. the navy is getting. cutting missile-defense ability ships from the budget. we cut the modernization of some of our aegis destroyers to make them ballistic missile defense capable
a directed energy weapon which can be used against a variety of threats. i believe that it has turned a corner and is one of the keys to our asymmetrical advantage using technology i'm not sure the other branches are as up-to-date on this. anyone other anyone other than the navy leaning forward and directed energy. mortars, rockets, great application. we are into that. for us it is about getting as small enough and having enough directed energy to meet our needs which is absolutely essential....
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presents a plan for future energy use and he sits down to discuss surprising mistakes that scientists have made on their way to historic achievements. following that at 10:00 p.m. eastern, a panel discussion on walker evans and his unpublished article.
presents a plan for future energy use and he sits down to discuss surprising mistakes that scientists have made on their way to historic achievements. following that at 10:00 p.m. eastern, a panel discussion on walker evans and his unpublished article.
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on friday a house holds a hearing on the progress of the energy department's biological research during the coronavirus pandemic. watch live coverage of 1:30 p.m. eastern on "c-span2", online at cspan.org or listen life on the free c-span radio app. pres. donald trump: the shameful roll call in her lifetime. he has his entire career on the wrong side of history. >> our current president's failed in the most basic duty to the nation. he has failed to protect us, he has failed to protect americans. in my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. >> the first presidential debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden is tuesday, september 29th at 9:00 p.m. eastern. watch live coverage on c-span. watch live streaming and on demand at cspan.org . or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> makes a hearing on federal documents classification policy. the senate intelligence committee on testimony proposed legislation which aims to modernize the system for classified information. the bills sponsored by senators of can kansas and oregon. it would authorize the direc
on friday a house holds a hearing on the progress of the energy department's biological research during the coronavirus pandemic. watch live coverage of 1:30 p.m. eastern on "c-span2", online at cspan.org or listen life on the free c-span radio app. pres. donald trump: the shameful roll call in her lifetime. he has his entire career on the wrong side of history. >> our current president's failed in the most basic duty to the nation. he has failed to protect us, he has failed to...
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whether it is fighting against systemic racism and police brutality, transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel, ending a cruel and dysfunctional health care system or addressing the grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality in our country, now is the time for change, real change. and when we talk about real change, it is incredible to me the degree to which congress continues to ignore our bloated $740 billion defense budget which has gone up by over $100 billion since trump has been in office. year after year, democrats and republicans who disagree on almost everything come together with minimal debate to support an exploding pentagon budget which is now higher than the next 11 countries combined, now higher than the next 11 countries combined and which represents more than half of our discretionary spending. incredibly, after adjusting for inflation, we are now spending more on the military than we did during the height of the cold war when we faced a major adversary in the soviet union or during the wars in vietnam and korea. this extraordinary level of military spen
whether it is fighting against systemic racism and police brutality, transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel, ending a cruel and dysfunctional health care system or addressing the grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality in our country, now is the time for change, real change. and when we talk about real change, it is incredible to me the degree to which congress continues to ignore our bloated $740 billion defense budget which has gone up by over $100 billion since trump...
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we have on this list about one third of the cutbacks come from department of energy program and that is a pretty big deal and there's some in here and some of these programs that u have been repeatedly on the top block and it's money that has not been used in a while. the leaders in congress have been looking at it to use for offset for legislation that includes clean energy (as well as a loan program that goes towards technologies from vehicles in both of those have been in frequent targets of spending bills in the past and it is unclear right now whether the white house will have the support to go ahead with those but there is also about half of the money that comes from the cutbacks is from the children's health insurance program. on its head it doesn't sound that great. the republicans go after the sloan and help but on the face of it and cbo the nonpartisan budget office has confirmed that thactually none of the funding that will be taken away here impact the program. this is budgett authorities and not money that would be spent and a lot of it has been expired. those are the bi
we have on this list about one third of the cutbacks come from department of energy program and that is a pretty big deal and there's some in here and some of these programs that u have been repeatedly on the top block and it's money that has not been used in a while. the leaders in congress have been looking at it to use for offset for legislation that includes clean energy (as well as a loan program that goes towards technologies from vehicles in both of those have been in frequent targets of...
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or that twitter energy of the democratic party? is that how you navigate every day? >> yes. the only reason we became representatives of these districts is because we are independently minded people and we have a stomach to say no to people when they say everyone is doing this. okay. but it's not third grade. if you're not independently minded and not looking to appeal to a broad base you will not run - - win in the district you can run but you will not win for quite tell people who come to lobby me whether a union or a company i say i am in a really indented dish independently minded district i will read every single bill because i cannot just check the box when the democratic party says this is the bill we are planning on i cannot sign onto everything that is bipartisan even though i want to because you have to really have your own mind. it is amazing how many members of congress walk off the floor and just look at how the leader of the people voted and said this is a yes? and i do not i do not think any of us do that or have the
or that twitter energy of the democratic party? is that how you navigate every day? >> yes. the only reason we became representatives of these districts is because we are independently minded people and we have a stomach to say no to people when they say everyone is doing this. okay. but it's not third grade. if you're not independently minded and not looking to appeal to a broad base you will not run - - win in the district you can run but you will not win for quite tell people who come...
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water appropriations bill and while the energy appropriation's billpr doesn't include a specific line item to create advance research project agency addressing climate, there are various c funding initiativs in the energy water bill that would address budget request. we can be here for hours and days. >> jennifer, how much do the house bills track the proposal that president biden has put forward? >> yeah, when you have the same party in power in congress as you do in the white house, the spending bills tend to track that budget request pretty closely. it is a bit challenging to do line by line, the budget request and hundreds of pages and the appropriation's bill with hundreds of pages as well. if you look at big initiatives and priorities that the biden administration and democrats in congress want to accomplish, they line up pretty well in terms of funding levels and funding policy. >> and, john, you're a defense expert. republicans are annoyed that president biden has supported only small increase for defense and they say it doesn't track inflation. how much of an issue is that go
water appropriations bill and while the energy appropriation's billpr doesn't include a specific line item to create advance research project agency addressing climate, there are various c funding initiativs in the energy water bill that would address budget request. we can be here for hours and days. >> jennifer, how much do the house bills track the proposal that president biden has put forward? >> yeah, when you have the same party in power in congress as you do in the white...
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and so i wonder is this still any realistic possibility that a program of mass and solar energy aid to the middle east and world's other literally hot and bothered and conflicted regions could be -- could plant at least a major part of this endless war and that serves no problem and instead something -- >> i think we got the point gregory. let's hear from andrew. >> i'm not able to comment on the feasibility of that kind of a project. but the premise of the question deserves our attention and that is to say that -- the result of our expectation, that military power can provide a solution to the problem. will ultimately cost us trillions of dollars. now, if we go back to 2003 when george w. bush administration invaded iraq they did did not anticipate what the full cost would be, and indeed part of the judgment of that administration is their failure to understand what was had actually going to ensue. but the real point would be that -- the need to consider alternatives to simply further accident pendture of military power whether it's solar panels or irrigation or -- some other program
and so i wonder is this still any realistic possibility that a program of mass and solar energy aid to the middle east and world's other literally hot and bothered and conflicted regions could be -- could plant at least a major part of this endless war and that serves no problem and instead something -- >> i think we got the point gregory. let's hear from andrew. >> i'm not able to comment on the feasibility of that kind of a project. but the premise of the question deserves our...
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amid the burst of energy. the state department's to a breathless and bewildered at an old lady during an intersection during rush-hour. what is that from? >> it is dean acheson rating on december 8, 1941 after pearl harbor at that time assistant secretary of state for economic affairs and was exasperated to see the state department was not better at its job when he goes on to say that what they needed to be doing was acquiring the resources the war a machine would need to keep them out of the hands of the enemies and he found them simply unable to do that. >> host: you worked at the national security council for george w. bush. did you find the same state department that dean acheson found? >> i went to work in the pentagon as my first real job. one of the things i was struck by is since i didn't grow up in a military family and it didn't know the culture that most of the military is brilliant teachers because they lead in an environment you cannot be good your job unless you make your bet feels good that ther
amid the burst of energy. the state department's to a breathless and bewildered at an old lady during an intersection during rush-hour. what is that from? >> it is dean acheson rating on december 8, 1941 after pearl harbor at that time assistant secretary of state for economic affairs and was exasperated to see the state department was not better at its job when he goes on to say that what they needed to be doing was acquiring the resources the war a machine would need to keep them out of...
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>> guest: well, i mean, everything from the energy sector to the tech sector. these are -- to the banking sector. these are industries that it had out of necessity to protect their infrastructure, whether it's banking or it's our oil and gas or our electricity grid. there we will find a lot of folks. also within the tech industry itself. they are building it, so as they build it we should be having some level of discourse so that we understand what the implications are of what is being built and how it is being deployed and what it means for civil society, , and in academi. there are a lot of young folks who are looking at the defense industry, looking at helping our country. these are folks of the wherewithal to advise, to bite us with the level of literacy that we need that only to look at what we have before us right now, the way things are going in the future. >> one thing that is often paired with them moved to smart cities are 5g wireless networks. their supposed be magnitudes factor than the current wireless infrastructure. are you concerned about the se
>> guest: well, i mean, everything from the energy sector to the tech sector. these are -- to the banking sector. these are industries that it had out of necessity to protect their infrastructure, whether it's banking or it's our oil and gas or our electricity grid. there we will find a lot of folks. also within the tech industry itself. they are building it, so as they build it we should be having some level of discourse so that we understand what the implications are of what is being...
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defense capacities in the framework laying out voluntary best practices and industry standards for the energy to operate and maintain vertical infrastructure with a groundbreaking idea in 2014. but we still don't know if it is working. it ought to be stress tested and updated. we can only defend ourselves against threats we know are out there. the president should designate a cybersecurity disclose any power to declassify the government information and share with state and local governments and the general public. i've been happy to see the dhs living to share more information about the recent cyber attacks faster. finally they need not act alone and international coalitions of the willing to agree to common international norms against cyber crimes and intellectual property theft and hold accountable those that transgress. we cannot let the benefactors frustrate efforts to reach the consensus with our allies about the state behavior in cyberspace any more than we would allow the burglars to advise us on defending our home security measures. i look forward to discussing these issues and i thin
defense capacities in the framework laying out voluntary best practices and industry standards for the energy to operate and maintain vertical infrastructure with a groundbreaking idea in 2014. but we still don't know if it is working. it ought to be stress tested and updated. we can only defend ourselves against threats we know are out there. the president should designate a cybersecurity disclose any power to declassify the government information and share with state and local governments and...
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things you have to do it isn't something that's very power doubled the military agencies and atomic energy commissions and other organizations. >> there was serious pushback from the military agencies into some of these old documents. they would meet with the individual heads to convince them that it was a great idea. they said that specifically stated the moon is just higher ground and then the admirals in the navy were saying no, no it should be our territory because where the notions and become a space start and so everybody had a reason why they wanted to control space which is how it came to be. >> what fascinates me about this time. though is that even sometimes the scientists don't know what they've created. it was a much larger explosion than was expected and i focus on the manhattan project they had no idea whatsoever that it was going to work and they were taking bets and and what it sets the atmosphere on fire and not work at all and the great story you talk about here. this is an anecdote that is wonderful. at the top of the world near the air force base about 15 miles north. w
things you have to do it isn't something that's very power doubled the military agencies and atomic energy commissions and other organizations. >> there was serious pushback from the military agencies into some of these old documents. they would meet with the individual heads to convince them that it was a great idea. they said that specifically stated the moon is just higher ground and then the admirals in the navy were saying no, no it should be our territory because where the notions...
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with a digital computer would require a computer a city block by a city block and it would consume the energy of a nuclear power plant and it would have to be cooled by a river. when someone calls you a dim bulb, but as that is a compliment. [laughter] >> how is it possible and what is consciousness anyway? in the history of science, there than 20,000 papers written about consciousness. never in the history of science had so many devoted so much to produce so little. however in my book i actually give you a definition. a metric by which you can measure numerically levels of consciousness. i'm a physicist. we we define it and quantify it and it's all in my book. [laughter] it's the universe and of the mind and some people think i work on that string theory. what is so strange about strings sex pic if you look at the fundamental dna is a string that allows you to look at vast amounts of information on the dna molecule. into the unit of the thought is also a string. so if you think of that theory it lies at the fundamental of all biological so if you talk about the movies the movies are always a
with a digital computer would require a computer a city block by a city block and it would consume the energy of a nuclear power plant and it would have to be cooled by a river. when someone calls you a dim bulb, but as that is a compliment. [laughter] >> how is it possible and what is consciousness anyway? in the history of science, there than 20,000 papers written about consciousness. never in the history of science had so many devoted so much to produce so little. however in my book i...
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would have enough energy to lift themselves back up the stairs later? we were getting me to leave when the pool manager and two lifeguards came running up and begin caring some of our most injured guys dancers. i didn't get a chance to second-guess it. an hour later when i got out of the pool, they were standing at the stairs waiting for us. i have seen a lot of goodwill in my years at walter reed, but nothing on this level. physically reaching out and carrying another person, intimate world of heroes and superheroes, i put those lifeguards up there with firefighters and ambulance drivers. thanks for coming here. [applause] >> okay, we just have one mic today. it's over here. >> and it comes a question. >> sounds like you all do great work. how do the therapist and the operations of walter reed approach spiritual and religious questions from the patients because we have a passion -- a chaplain and clinton handles most of those questions. i guess -- [inaudible] >> that's right. [inaudible] >> we are only interested in making you work. >> did you show the
would have enough energy to lift themselves back up the stairs later? we were getting me to leave when the pool manager and two lifeguards came running up and begin caring some of our most injured guys dancers. i didn't get a chance to second-guess it. an hour later when i got out of the pool, they were standing at the stairs waiting for us. i have seen a lot of goodwill in my years at walter reed, but nothing on this level. physically reaching out and carrying another person, intimate world of...
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delivering the benefits of automation and ai through many things i described in healthcare and green energy and getting people out of hazardous situations there are an unending list of things machines can do for us. with that is connected to his today we have human beings completing that. so getting a human being out of the is connected to taking someone's job away. the solution isn't to ban technology. it's to say what is value. value beyond the needs of human flesh semen agreement. we agree now that rap music is valuable to people that sing rat music make money. for people that can hit baseball out of the park should make money. but if you went back 500 years these were not the collective agreements of society. so value is. really a consequence of the agreement. if that's the case it can free us in developing new models where we can compensate people not just what we call labor today but for the things that we didn't think were valuable previously but they are. the book goes into detail. in a nutshell it's our ideas and perspectives that we bring to the table. so how do you take that it c
delivering the benefits of automation and ai through many things i described in healthcare and green energy and getting people out of hazardous situations there are an unending list of things machines can do for us. with that is connected to his today we have human beings completing that. so getting a human being out of the is connected to taking someone's job away. the solution isn't to ban technology. it's to say what is value. value beyond the needs of human flesh semen agreement. we agree...
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and announce joint action to enhance european energy security and announce further making contributions and to ease the suffering inside ukraine and respond to the growing flow of refugees and for brussels president biden will travel to put poland engage with us troops who are helping to defend nato territory into all so cold a bilateral meeting. >> there will be hard days ahead. and those under civilians that are being bombed this war will not and easily are rapidly. for the past few months the past has been united in the president is traveling to europe to make sure we stay united to cement our resolve and to send a powerful message we are prepared and committed to this for zone is it takes. on all three critical fronts helping the ukrainian people defend themselves increasing cost on russia and with the western alliance and i'm happy to take your questions. >> on the ban on russia and india. and what you call on the groups from the g 20? >> when the president announced he would be in the import of russian oil and gas he was very clear that we are an energy producer and we can take th
and announce joint action to enhance european energy security and announce further making contributions and to ease the suffering inside ukraine and respond to the growing flow of refugees and for brussels president biden will travel to put poland engage with us troops who are helping to defend nato territory into all so cold a bilateral meeting. >> there will be hard days ahead. and those under civilians that are being bombed this war will not and easily are rapidly. for the past few...
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efficiency and new energy sources. wynette is by every kid in america to want to be the engineer or scientist or mathematician who will figure it out? the nice thing about the green new deal is the platform on a disk of all which are already bipartisan. infrastructure, green jobs and clean air and clean water. that's it. that's all that is in there. green jobs, we know if you teach young kids, stamm, science, technology, engineering and math, they will be poised to be inventors and innovators of the future. we know if you guarantee clean air and water it will help iowans because honestly discuss issues with nitrates because apartment and us farmers have no resources to you with that said need to be able to provide that come to guarantee every time you turn on a faucet that the water is clean. it doesn't have lead or nitrates or pfas to make sure the water your bathing her children in, cook your food in is clean and safe. lots and most simple, infrastructure. every state in america once infrastructure. we want to actual
efficiency and new energy sources. wynette is by every kid in america to want to be the engineer or scientist or mathematician who will figure it out? the nice thing about the green new deal is the platform on a disk of all which are already bipartisan. infrastructure, green jobs and clean air and clean water. that's it. that's all that is in there. green jobs, we know if you teach young kids, stamm, science, technology, engineering and math, they will be poised to be inventors and innovators...
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is there were funding initiative in the energy water bill. and then we can have been there for hours and days. >> how much do the house bills track that proposal that president biden has put forward? >> when you have the same party in power as you do in the white house it can track that budget request closely and hundreds of pages with the appropriations bill that the big priorities of the biden administration that they want to accomplish in the annual government spending bill. >> you are a defense expert and republicans are annoyed we only have a small increase for the defense that doesn't even track inflation. >> it will be a being issue to slow and complicate the debate i would suggest it will be the biggest issue on which the two parties will disagree. depending how you describe defense spending that encompasses all natural defense programs and then the defense department shared 715 billion of biden's request in the subcommittee have a smaller share because they'll have military construction so those are the dollar amounts we are talking
is there were funding initiative in the energy water bill. and then we can have been there for hours and days. >> how much do the house bills track that proposal that president biden has put forward? >> when you have the same party in power as you do in the white house it can track that budget request closely and hundreds of pages with the appropriations bill that the big priorities of the biden administration that they want to accomplish in the annual government spending bill....
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so doesn't surprise a lot of people have focused their time and energy on the charitable sector. but i think my book differs from those that have come before is really trying to understand how charities need to be more effective. and the market pressures and what needs to change in order for us to have the charitable sector that we all want. >> host: great. i definitely think that your ability to articulate the problem and to face the problem that we face, the enormity of it and the serious nature of it is exceptional and it doesn't differentiate from some of these other books. you start early often about discussing the american red cross, and i think doing a good job of dissecting some this is problems that they face. you make the following statement. you say, when even the highest revenue charity, by the way around 3 billion a year, in the country is bound together by rubber bands and to date, it is a sign of profound misunderstanding of how to build effective charities. so the question that i have for you as i read that is, if the american red cross is not managing its perform
so doesn't surprise a lot of people have focused their time and energy on the charitable sector. but i think my book differs from those that have come before is really trying to understand how charities need to be more effective. and the market pressures and what needs to change in order for us to have the charitable sector that we all want. >> host: great. i definitely think that your ability to articulate the problem and to face the problem that we face, the enormity of it and the...
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amid this burst of energy, the state department stood breathless and bewildered like an old lady at a busy intersection during rush hour. where is out from? >> guest: it is dean acheson riding on december 8, 1941, right after pearl harbor basically the secretary of state for economic affairs and was exasperated to see the state department was not better at its job when he goes on to say further on in the same passage, what the state department needed to be doing was acquiring the agresource is that the war machine would need to keep them out of there hands of our enemy but they simply unable to do that. >> host: kori schake you worked at the national security council to ben strategy under george w. bush. did you find this date department that dean acheson found? >> i went to work in the pentagon as my first real job and one of the things i was really struck by i did not grow up in a military family and i did not know the culture but mostly what the american military is brilliant teachers because they live in the environment where you cannot be good your job unless you can make your re
amid this burst of energy, the state department stood breathless and bewildered like an old lady at a busy intersection during rush hour. where is out from? >> guest: it is dean acheson riding on december 8, 1941, right after pearl harbor basically the secretary of state for economic affairs and was exasperated to see the state department was not better at its job when he goes on to say further on in the same passage, what the state department needed to be doing was acquiring the...
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on the other resources the government and in the department of defense and the department of energy and justice and the fbi so it is a supportive role but somebody has to lead this. as a consequence of the continue to build their kid the the the the as we develop these response plan will get things such as cyber storm which are the exercises. that gives a window into some of the things they have to modify and change to do this. so i have confidence in leadership in the mission that they have got but we continue to build the capabilities with smart people and good laws put in place to support them. estimate can they do it fast enough so? because as we were just discussing this is something the government's response to the threat has been slow so if you're having a sort of learning curve for an agency on top of that, can the department respond quickly enough to this? >> i think they can and it's the type of thing that it's more than responsibility. private-sector is a big part of this. private sector has been doing it a long time so as a consequence the ability to wrap up the deal with wh
on the other resources the government and in the department of defense and the department of energy and justice and the fbi so it is a supportive role but somebody has to lead this. as a consequence of the continue to build their kid the the the the as we develop these response plan will get things such as cyber storm which are the exercises. that gives a window into some of the things they have to modify and change to do this. so i have confidence in leadership in the mission that they have...
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but the real challenges with benefits of automation that what i described like healthcare and green energy and better efficiency to get people out of hazardous situations there is the litany and unending list but what that is connected to to have human beings without labor so the benefit to get them out of that loop is to take somebody's job away. so the solution is to say what is the value? value beyond the needs of the human flesh is a human agreement. and we agree now that that music is rap music you can make a lot of money or if you can hit a baseball out of the park should make a lot of money or athlete that runs or jumps at a certain level of performance should make a certain amount of money by 500 years those were not the collective agreements of society. so value in these cases is purely a concept of the agreement of society and if that is the case that can free us in developing models or we can compensate not just from labor today but things we did not think of value previously but are. and the book gets quite into a bit of detail. ultimately that is what we bring to the table and
but the real challenges with benefits of automation that what i described like healthcare and green energy and better efficiency to get people out of hazardous situations there is the litany and unending list but what that is connected to to have human beings without labor so the benefit to get them out of that loop is to take somebody's job away. so the solution is to say what is the value? value beyond the needs of the human flesh is a human agreement. and we agree now that that music is rap...
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corporate ceos and leaders do you encourage them to serve in government cracks your young with a lot of energy will you serve in the future crack. >> i have learned to say never say never i encourage all the companies and the groups i am associated with already donate to military charities and very involved with military organization so i am fortunate i am and with a patriotic crowd. by the way it's not just patriotism to hire a veteran it is smart business. we know what great employees they are with their ethics and i get it done spirit and the training and everything you want in the hot market of washington dc. i carry that message forward all the time as well. >> any special message for women who are considering the military crack. >> i am a big proponent so i would encourage it. i was a proponent to up our numbers as i was secretary so i literally gave goals for the recruitment service to go to try to attract more young women. it is a matter of exposure. i never thought about it but i didn't care. but it may not be what you complete your career but it's a great place to start but strictly
corporate ceos and leaders do you encourage them to serve in government cracks your young with a lot of energy will you serve in the future crack. >> i have learned to say never say never i encourage all the companies and the groups i am associated with already donate to military charities and very involved with military organization so i am fortunate i am and with a patriotic crowd. by the way it's not just patriotism to hire a veteran it is smart business. we know what great employees...
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digital computer it would require a computer a city block by a city block for you would consume the energy of a nuclear power plant in would have to be cooled by a river. your brain does it with 20 watts. when someone calls you a dim bulb that's a complement. [laughter] so how is it possible and what is consciousness anyway? in the history of science there have been 20,000 papers written about consciousness. never in the history of science have so many devoted so much to produce so little. however in my book i actually give you a definition. a metric by which you can measure numerically levels of consciousness. we are so eloquent and philosophical. we define it. we quantify it and it's all in my book. [laughter] so the two great mysteries are the universe and the mind. some people think well, i work in what's called string theory. what's so strange about strings? look at nature. at the fundamental level dna is a string. string allows you vast amounts of information in the dna molecule and the units in the brain are ben-aron which is also a string. so we think that string theory lies at the
digital computer it would require a computer a city block by a city block for you would consume the energy of a nuclear power plant in would have to be cooled by a river. your brain does it with 20 watts. when someone calls you a dim bulb that's a complement. [laughter] so how is it possible and what is consciousness anyway? in the history of science there have been 20,000 papers written about consciousness. never in the history of science have so many devoted so much to produce so little....
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he does not understand the issue to be energy independent every source except crude oil the only way to become energy independent is to drill for more crude oil that i support the trap administration is done a good job in this area also to make sure we have the infrastructure to utilize our energy resources. we have more than any other country in the world pipelines and refineries those are things democrats are not fond of the laborers are leaving the party. they don't like keystone after that make sure we have a policy in place with abundant reliable and affordable energy when the price of energy goes up the price of every product and service goes up money out of your back pocket makes us less competitive everything they want to do will takemp power from the united states sending it to the trading adversaries like brazil or china and others. do you support carbon tax or the climate accord? what do you support? feehan: just to be clear you don't support any of that? . >> the answer is to do nothing. this is a very real thing used military installations around the world because of cli
he does not understand the issue to be energy independent every source except crude oil the only way to become energy independent is to drill for more crude oil that i support the trap administration is done a good job in this area also to make sure we have the infrastructure to utilize our energy resources. we have more than any other country in the world pipelines and refineries those are things democrats are not fond of the laborers are leaving the party. they don't like keystone after that...
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infrastructure, complies with all security council resolutions, cooperates with the international atomic energy agency, respects human rights, and ceases to promote global terrorism. furthermore, the nuclear weapons-free iran act implements president obama's own policy. in his recent state of the union address he stated -- and i quote -- "be the first to call for more sanctions" -- close quote should iran fail to uphold the interim agreement. by passing this legislation we are ensuring that the united states has the ability to further penalize iran for its continued noncompliance. nevertheless, president obama has threatened to veto this legislation, further indicating his willingness to blindly concede to iranian rhetoric. now is not the time for this nation to exhibit weakness. now is our chance to demonstrate to iran and to the world that we are serious about nuclear nonproliferation in compliance with international laws and obligations. for these reasons i strongly support the nuclear weapons-free iran act as presented in this amendment and i urge my colleagues to act swiftly to pass this i
infrastructure, complies with all security council resolutions, cooperates with the international atomic energy agency, respects human rights, and ceases to promote global terrorism. furthermore, the nuclear weapons-free iran act implements president obama's own policy. in his recent state of the union address he stated -- and i quote -- "be the first to call for more sanctions" -- close quote should iran fail to uphold the interim agreement. by passing this legislation we are...
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is also one of the leaders in the world at developing alternative energies and clean energies. they have a strong economic interest in promoting that energy around the world. i believe ultimately, moving there himself. i think that provides an opening. also, working through multilateral institutions, not just in a bilateral way but multilateral agreements like the paris climate accord. to get us all moving in the same direction. i am not under any illusion is going to be easy or simple or that it will be solved in just a few years, but it is absolutely essential given the threats of climate change. another issue we will work on together is the issue of climate refugees. there has been no international or even american standard set for what a climate refugee is. that is one area i believe the china and the united states can work together to a knowledge that people migrate because of climate events and they should be offered protection in the way that we offer protection for people who suffer from political persecution. jonathan: do you believe the united states can, anna daily o
is also one of the leaders in the world at developing alternative energies and clean energies. they have a strong economic interest in promoting that energy around the world. i believe ultimately, moving there himself. i think that provides an opening. also, working through multilateral institutions, not just in a bilateral way but multilateral agreements like the paris climate accord. to get us all moving in the same direction. i am not under any illusion is going to be easy or simple or that...
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energy use. now, the u.s. has now predicted the international energy agency predicts the u.s. will be the number one producer of oil by 2020. it will also be probably close to the top of producers of natural gas. this will give us the wealth and income michael lind mentioned 1.5% of gdp. we need over the next what is it, 15 or 20 years to make up the shortfall in social security and 45% in medicare. well, the explosion moving from an energy deficit to an energy surplus will more than half close that gdp gap. so, we have an economic conditions that suggests that the challenges we face are the exact opposite of what the bowles-simpson grand bargain would impose on us as a growth strategy. the conditions that we're going to face over the next five to eight years, with some in the ration if we do the right things, are an ongoing shortfall both domestic and global demand, excess capital and labor, and excess capacity and many major industries overcapacity in many sectors of the world economy. a distributed and any party challenges caused i ongoing automation. in those circumstances
energy use. now, the u.s. has now predicted the international energy agency predicts the u.s. will be the number one producer of oil by 2020. it will also be probably close to the top of producers of natural gas. this will give us the wealth and income michael lind mentioned 1.5% of gdp. we need over the next what is it, 15 or 20 years to make up the shortfall in social security and 45% in medicare. well, the explosion moving from an energy deficit to an energy surplus will more than half close...
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so as i mentioned, the largest energy in the u.s. vehicular fleets, naval groups and also air force so when you put that altogether, that's in the north opportunity for litigation. so there's two ways i think the litigation, one is that they have what you might call more patient capital which is the capital invested in the milita military, frankly dollars might come a little more free. but then again, the one thing they've done well is thinking about the future so planning for the future but also developing technology. so i think getting some of these technologies across what's known as the valley of death, that only area where investment is needed. the military does have capital so is the capacity to lead in terms of technological development as a large energy that contributes to medication. it should speak to the war fighters, they might say energy efficiency is great because it helps us with the logical fuel, needs to be done so also the benefits of that are mitigation so i think they take both sides of the emissions or capacity s
so as i mentioned, the largest energy in the u.s. vehicular fleets, naval groups and also air force so when you put that altogether, that's in the north opportunity for litigation. so there's two ways i think the litigation, one is that they have what you might call more patient capital which is the capital invested in the milita military, frankly dollars might come a little more free. but then again, the one thing they've done well is thinking about the future so planning for the future but...
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in addition to raising energy bills for all americans, the president's energy tax resulted in the loss of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of jobs. the rule would gut the coal industry, putting tens of thousands of workers out of work there. it's difficult to reconcile the president's ostensible commitment to families with a policy that would put thousands and thousands of parents out of jobs. the keystone x.l. pipeline would allow the president to put thousands of americans to work. with a stroke of his pen, the president could sign off on this project and the 42,000-plus jobs that it would support. instead he's ignored american workers and union leaders and chosen to pander to the wishes of his extremist environmental base. mr. president, the american people need jobs. steady, good-paying, long-term jobs with opportunities for advancement. democrats and the president are not giving that to them. instead of spending time on real job-creation measures, the majority leader has chosen to waste the senate's time on gimmicky politically motivated legislation. if democrats we
in addition to raising energy bills for all americans, the president's energy tax resulted in the loss of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of jobs. the rule would gut the coal industry, putting tens of thousands of workers out of work there. it's difficult to reconcile the president's ostensible commitment to families with a policy that would put thousands and thousands of parents out of jobs. the keystone x.l. pipeline would allow the president to put thousands of americans to...
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it's very energy consumptive. today mining a single bitcoin is the energy consumption equivalent of one american families annual power consumption that for obvious reasons doesn't feel very for obvious reasons it doesn't feel sustainable. there are other intensive ways of doing things. merkel trees have found a use. as a public ledger. that, every browser in the uses using. it's certificate transparency. >> when you go to the website you get a little lock on your website bar. the way it does that is that there are about 4000 different entities in the world entrusted on cryptographic certificates. anyone can have a certificate for anything. they can issue a certificate that says it's a real certificate. then they can have a fake google website that's indistinguishable from the real google. these authorities were sloppy and dirty. also insecure. so, what were doing with transparencies is every time a browser opens us up it senses to different servers and big ledgers. we can see if the certificates are dirty and get
it's very energy consumptive. today mining a single bitcoin is the energy consumption equivalent of one american families annual power consumption that for obvious reasons doesn't feel very for obvious reasons it doesn't feel sustainable. there are other intensive ways of doing things. merkel trees have found a use. as a public ledger. that, every browser in the uses using. it's certificate transparency. >> when you go to the website you get a little lock on your website bar. the way it...
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especially for the oil energy needs. they are importing. 60 percent of their while energy from the region. want to build more pipelines. that think they have already built or are in the process of the central asia pipelines. they want more, but it is true, they're buying up farmland in africa because they need food, but i find the question is, do they really want to take over? find it hard to see that they want to take over in the sense that you paint your. and it seems to me that you are recommending something counterintuitive to wear i think many americans want to go, and i don't think that the region. >> sees china plain that will either. >> the chinese don't want to play the role. it would much rather do free writing off of our back to really provide security in they get the economic benefit. but if we're going to leave and there are interested, inevitably it will become a bigger and bigger voice and a bigger and bigger influence. and the trend is in that direction. it is not just pipelines. the chinese sovereign wil
especially for the oil energy needs. they are importing. 60 percent of their while energy from the region. want to build more pipelines. that think they have already built or are in the process of the central asia pipelines. they want more, but it is true, they're buying up farmland in africa because they need food, but i find the question is, do they really want to take over? find it hard to see that they want to take over in the sense that you paint your. and it seems to me that you are...
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department of energy and the international energy agency. as i think many of you know about every four years the ie iea -- iea conducts a peer review of the member countries energy policies and the broader energy landscape and today we are looking forward to the iea unveiling its latest in-depth review of the united states energy policy, a friendly audit is how we like to imagine it. the last of these reviews happened in 2007 where the focus was on the energy policy act of 2005 and a number of significant policy changes that we are benefiting from greatly. it would be an understatement to suggest that some things have changed since 2005 and so very eager today to hear from that iea its views on how we are doing, how we managed the remarkable transition from scarcity to abundance, what are the impacts and improvements in our energy efficiency in our significant increase in renewable energy and efforts to address fuel economy standards and climate change in a host of issues that are of interest to all of you. it is my great pleasure to introdu
department of energy and the international energy agency. as i think many of you know about every four years the ie iea -- iea conducts a peer review of the member countries energy policies and the broader energy landscape and today we are looking forward to the iea unveiling its latest in-depth review of the united states energy policy, a friendly audit is how we like to imagine it. the last of these reviews happened in 2007 where the focus was on the energy policy act of 2005 and a number of...
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just to show you some of the ways i have invested that time and energy, i mentioned quite a few of the initiatives and there appeared in addition the deputies innovation for the innovation steering group under the secretary. >> what we found is that there was a need in the system to pull that workup systematically to the deputy secretary level and allow, under the secretary to pull the cto together more routinely. so that is what we have done now we will use that, everything has an acronym, the driving engine for replicator. we created a body that will feed that. that will help us drive forli replicator in that case. a lot of it you can see just by virtue of the outcomes you can achieve. >> the defense innovation board report that quoted former secretary gates. the only way to move something with urgency in the department is for the deputy secretary to grab a hold of it. it sounds like you grabbed hold of there replicator. what i heard was specific targets, thousands of things and 18-24 months for a particular purpose. >> scaling the production, that is the area. we looked at the innov
just to show you some of the ways i have invested that time and energy, i mentioned quite a few of the initiatives and there appeared in addition the deputies innovation for the innovation steering group under the secretary. >> what we found is that there was a need in the system to pull that workup systematically to the deputy secretary level and allow, under the secretary to pull the cto together more routinely. so that is what we have done now we will use that, everything has an...